RE: [gnso-travel-dt] Summary of today's Travel Support Call with Kevin Wilson

[Kevin Wilson <kevin.wilson@xxxxxxxxx>]

Stephane,

Sorry the call was disappointing.   I will update the slides to provide more 
clarity to the extent possible for the next call.   Do you have more specific 
ideas on what you expected on:


·         core travel funding issues

I didn't focus on how we are handling all of the travel admin issues (e.g., 
visa, exception rules, etc.).   Should I share more on that?

Kevin

From: owner-gnso-travel-dt@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-travel-dt@xxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 9:22 AM
To: Olga Cavalli; Tim Ruiz
Cc: gnso-travel-dt@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [gnso-travel-dt] Summary of today's Travel Support Call with Kevin 
Wilson

I have to admit I found the call very disappointing.

There was no real discussion on the core travel funding issues and the only 
part of interest was Kevin's explanation of what ICANN is planning for the next 
fiscal year.

Tim's summary is spot on.

Stéphane


Le 14/05/09 18:15, « Olga Cavalli » <olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
Thanks Tim for the update, very helpful.
It seems that the travel support situation is better now for GNSO.

As for the drafting team activities, we cuould review the outcome text by 25 
May and then decide if we want to make comments as a council or not.

Any other comments?

Best regards
Olga


2009/5/14 Tim Ruiz <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>

A transcript of the call will be available and Glen sent Kevin's
presentation to both lists. But, as promised, here is a brief summary:

The proposed support for FY10 is:
GNSO increased from 13 to 23 (includes the NCAs)
ccNSO stays flat at 12
ASO stays flat at 6
GAC increased from 0 to 6
At Large stays flat 23 (15 ALAC, 8 RALO)
SSAC stays flat at 0
RSSAC stays flat at 0
Total per meeting from 54 to 70
Travel budget for FY10 1.72mil USD, up from 1.45mil USD in FY09

Staff is working on an Exceptions Policy for timing conflicts, want to
book their own travel, find less expensive arrangements, etc.

Staff is still looking into questions on per diems, visa expenses, class
of travel, and remote participation.

A full draft of the FY10 Travel Support Guidelines will be posted by 25
May for public comment, with a final Guidelines and Summary for Seoul by
30 June.


Tim